Port Service Coordination Sustainability in the Yangtze River Delta in China Based on Spatial Effects

Zhaohua Leng, Kebiao Yuan () and Xiaohong Chen
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Zhaohua Leng: College of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China
Kebiao Yuan: School of Economics and Management, Ningbo University of Technology, Ningbo 315211, China
Xiaohong Chen: College of Transportation Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 22, 1-11

Abstract: With the prevalence of international trade protectionism and transformation and the upgrading of the domestic market structure, the contradiction between the demand for and the competitive development of the port market in the Yangtze River Delta in China has become increasingly prominent. The 19 major ports of the Yangtze River Delta in China were selected for this study, and using the methods of index evaluation, gravitational model, and spatial interpolation, the spatial effects in the hinterland were calculated from three dimensions, central potential, spatial gravity and distribution convenience, and the regional coordination of port services. The results show that the potential of the Shanghai Port and Ningbo Zhoushan Port in China is stronger, and the difference in the distribution of the ports is quite clear. The spatial gravity of each port city can be superimposed over one another to form a clear dense semi-circular zone, and the ability of the marginal ports to participate in this zone is weak. The convenience of their distribution in the hinterland changes from being location-dependent to traffic-dependent. The service gap in the hinterland of the port system is more significant, but the expansion of spatial effects makes the sustainability of regional coordination gradually improve. Finally, several policy suggestions are proposed to ensure ecological responsibility among resource-oriented enterprises.

Keywords: Yangtze River Delta; port service; spatial effect; regional coordination sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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